Friday, March 27, 2026
A Feeling of Community
Plato, Laws 4.708c (tr. Trevor J. Saunders):
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When a single people speaks the same language and observes the same laws you get a certain feeling of community, because everyone shares the same religious rites and so forth...Related post: Cultural Cohesion.
τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἕν τι εἶναι γένος ὁμόφωνον καὶ ὁμόνομον ἔχει τινὰ φιλίαν, κοινωνὸν ἱερῶν ὂν καὶ τῶν τοιούτων πάντων...
